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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...Studies), explained that there is a danger that vulnerable developing countries will enter a vicious circle in which greater climate vulnerability will raise the cost of debt and diminish the fiscal space for investment in climate resilience. He explores the link between climate change and sovereign risk and assesses the effects that climate risks have on the cost of...
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Have you ever wanted to write?
History & The Arts

Have you ever wanted to write?

...skills, and support you to take the first steps towards bringing your ideas to life...In this collection you will find all the materials you need to get started with writing your own story, be that memoir, cosy crime, travelogues or nature writing, a thriller, a family saga, fantasy, romance or romantasy! You will find resources to sharpen your writing skills in the...
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Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the principles of effective governance of projects be aware of the roles and responsibilities of those involved in project governance such as project board, project sponsor, project manager and Project Management Office recognise the different types of Project Management Office and the services they provide identify...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...skills involved in management of work tasks and people. You have been asked to study a range of ideas and techniques which inform the training and development of managers and to apply some of them to the management of your own work. Once again you may have noted in reading this course that management is a matter for personal opinion and judgement. There are very few, if...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...skill valued by clients and coveted by employers in the migration third sector – a significant advantage against the backdrop of a discriminatory labour market which commonly failed to recognise their official qualifications and previous work experience. My EU-funded research project Employing the Cultural Broker in the Governance of Migration and Integration, was...
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Article 5 mins
Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...skills and accomplishments as the foremost paleontologist in Victorian Britain”. He also evaluates Dickens’s use of prehistoric images, and suggests Owen’s study and descriptions of “petrified and often only fragmentary remains evidently stimulated Dickens’s imaginative creativity”. However, Dawson does not comment on how Dickens’s paleontological...
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Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland
History & The Arts

Opening up history: political culture in eighteenth-century Ireland

...studying electoral practice in Ireland during the period. 8. What were the most enjoyable, and difficult, parts of the project? I initially assumed this would be a relatively short and straightforward project, but it proved far more complex and time-consuming than I expected. 9. Tell us about the sources that you used, and the challenges that came about using them....
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What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...skills? This article explores...Ageing brings about age-related decline to all our organs and that includes our brain. Our brain is in a sense a central computer where everything that is happening in our bodies and minds gets processed (read more in our article The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'). We do not know exactly how our organs, including the brain, will be...
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Article 15 mins